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5-star reviews

I give very few books 5 out of 5 stars. There has to be something extraordinary about the book and/or my experience of it for me to give this rating. They are always books that I would love to find the time to read again.

This is a wonderful story with a terrific heroine. Don’t be put off by the YA tag – this is a book all ages can enjoy and appreciate. Part thriller, part romance, part mystery and part coming-of-age tale, The One Memory of Flora Banks has something for everyone.

A fantastic conclusion to this wonderful series. If you enjoy fantasy fiction and haven’t picked up this series yet, I can’t recommend it enough. The first book is A Darker Shade of Magic. I also gave that one 5 stars (here’s my review).

This is the first in the Jasper Dent trilogy. I didn’t enjoy the next two installments quite as much as this gripping opening chapter, but they’re still very good and worth reading. Besides, this book works as a standalone so, if you like thrillers/serial-killer stories, you should pick this one up.

You don’t have to have read Jane Eyre or like Charlotte Bronte’s classic to enjoy this fantastically fun take on the Victorian plain Jane story. If you’d ever wished the heroines of Victorian literature had shown a little more spine, this is the book for you!

This is an original imagining of events which are the stuff of legends: the story of Achilles and the siege of Troy. It is a beautiful, superb book and I can’t recommend it highly enough. However, it’s also heart-rending, so best to read it when you’re in a happy place.

Magical, absorbing and incredibly imaginative. A must-read for fans of fantasy fiction. And I gave the sequel – A Gathering of Shadows – 4.5 stars, so if you’re worried about committing to the trilogy, don’t be!